Jesus loves you.

Is there any other statement in the English language that is at once so profound yet so utterly overused and meaningless to the majority of the people who hear it (including many Christians) than “Jesus loves you”?  I mean, as far as much of the world is concerned, you might as well be telling them “Barney the purple dinosaur loves you.”  What’s the big deal about Jesus loving me?

And while we’re at it, don’t forget the other one - “God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life.”

So… that’s supposed to make me feel what exactly???

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Many writers and philosophers of our age love to point out how impatient our society is, how fast food and high speed internet and everything on demand has left us wanting things to happen now, now, now. And as worn out as that observation is, I can feel its truth beating within me as I sit here at my desk on my first official day as the full-time pastor of NewLife. In so many ways, I know what I want NewLife to become… I can see our church transforming our community through the sacrificial love we show toward those around us… I can picture the passionate worship on Sunday morning filling people with a desire to know their Savior more… I can see the fellowship praying for God to move in mighty ways, and watching as He fills us with awe again and again at what He is capable of… I can see new people being embraced by a fellowship that sees past the exteriors and loves people as if they were Jesus Himself entering the church doors. And I can see the pastor and man I want to become… someone who is not afraid to give and love with all He has… a man who can speak the truth in love, and commit to seeing people through their most difficult times… a pastor whose passionate devotion to God flows through everything He does… a man who wants nothing more than to please His God. And I want all of this to happen by the end of the week.

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